Antun Stipančić

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Antun Stipančić (born May 18, 1949 in Duga Resa , Yugoslavia , † November 20, 1991 in Zagreb ) was a Yugoslav table tennis player . He was among the best in the world in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. 1979 Stipančić became world champion in doubles.

Life

He started his career in the hometown of Duga Resa and was of Croatian origin.

Antun Stipančić won a number of international titles and placements in singles, doubles and with the team. At the end of the 1950s he was discovered and promoted by Josip Trupković. He won his first tournament in 1961. Stipančić was left-handed, a - somewhat playful - offensive player who wanted to achieve everything with top and sidespin. Possibly it was the lack of "hard shot" that cost him the title in Calcutta in 1975 in the final against István Jónyer . Journalists and fans like to call him "the man with the golden hand".

In Yugoslavia Stipančić played for the club GSTK VJESNIK Zagreb and was its member from 1970. In 1981 he moved to the 2nd Bundesliga for TSV Kronshagen , which he left again towards Yugoslavia at the end of this season.

In his memory a tournament called "Anton Tova Stipančić" was held in Zagreb.

successes

At world and European championships he achieved a total of 27 medals.

Private

Stipančić had three children. He died of a heart attack in 1991 and was buried in the Mirogoj Cemetery in Zagreb . His younger brother Ivica - like his father also had a heart condition - was also a strong table tennis player.

successes

Participation in table tennis world championships

Participation in European championships

Participation in the European ranking tournament Top-12

  • 1972 in Zagreb 1st place

Results from the ITTF database

Association event year place country singles Double Mixed team
YUG  Balkan Championship  1979  Athens  GRE     gold  gold  1
YUG  Balkan Championship  1978  Nis  YUG   silver  gold  silver  1
YUG  Balkan Championship  1975  Sofia  BUL   gold  gold  gold  1
YUG  Balkan Championship  1968  Skopje  YUG   Semifinals  gold    1
YUG  Balkan Championship  1967  Antalya  DOOR   Semifinals  silver  gold  1
YUG  European Championship  1980  Bern  SUI   last 16  silver  Semifinals   
YUG  European Championship  1978  Duisburg  FRG     Semifinals  Quarter finals   
YUG  European Championship  1976  Prague  TCH   Quarter finals  Semifinals  gold  1
YUG  European Championship  1974  Novi Sad  YUG   last 16  Semifinals  Semifinals   
YUG  European Championship  1972  Rotterdam  NED   Semifinals  Quarter finals  Quarter finals  2
YUG  European Championship  1970  Moscow  URS   Quarter finals  gold    2
YUG  European Championship  1968  Lyon  FRA     gold     
YUG  European Championship  1966  London  CLOSELY   last 16       
YUG  European Youth Championship (Juniors)  1966  Szombathely  HUN     silver  gold   
YUG  EURO TOP12  1977  Sarajevo  YUG   8th       
YUG  EURO TOP12  1976  Lübeck  FRG   7th       
YUG  EURO TOP12  1975  Vienna  AUT   2      
YUG  EURO TOP12  1974  Trollhatten  SWE   6th       
YUG  EURO TOP12  1973  Boeblingen  FRG   3      
YUG  EURO TOP12  1972  Zagreb  YUG   1      
YUG  EURO TOP12  1971  Zadar  YUG   2      
YUG  Mediterranean Games  1979  Hvar Split  YUG   3rd place  silver  silver  1
YUG  World Championship  1981  Novi Sad  YUG   last 64  Semifinals  last 64   
YUG  World Championship  1979  Pyongyang  PRK   last 64  gold  last 16  9 
YUG  World Championship  1977  Birmingham  CLOSELY   last 16  Semifinals  last 64  8th 
YUG  World Championship  1975  Calcutta  IND   silver  silver  last 16  2
YUG  World Championship  1973  Sarajevo  YUG   Semifinals  Semifinals  Quarter finals  6th 
YUG  World Championship  1971  Nagoya  JPN   last 16  Quarter finals  silver  3
YUG  World Championship  1969  Munich  FRG   Quarter finals  last 64  last 32  3
YUG  World Championship  1967  Stockholm  SWE   last 64  last 32  last 32  7th 
YUG  World Championship  1965  Ljubljana  YUG   last 128  last 64  Agony   

philately

The post office in Zagreb Croatia used the following special postmarks:

  • August 12, 1995: Antun Stipančić Memorial Tournament Zagreb.
  • November 27, 1998: Antun Stipančić Memorial Tournament Zagreb.
  • February 4, 2002: European table tennis championship 2002, Šurbek Stipančić.

swell

  • ZU / ms .: Anton Stipancic died , DTS magazine , 1992/1 p. 38

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Stipančić, Anton | Proleksis enciklopedija. Retrieved November 2, 2017 (Croatian).
  2. ↑ DTS magazine , 1981/12 p. 16
  3. ↑ DTS magazine , 1982/10 edition Süd-West, pp. 41–42
  4. ↑ DTS magazine , 1976/21 p. 26
  5. ↑ ITTF statistics ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) (accessed September 15, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Stipančić, Antun
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Yugoslav table tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH May 18, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Duga Resa , Yugoslavia
DATE OF DEATH November 20, 1991
Place of death Zagreb